Padres' All-Star games to remember

Best of the best

Everth Cabrera will represent the Padres in today’s All-Star Game and he’ll have big shoes to fill. Click through to see relive some of the Padres’ best performances in Midsummer Classics.

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3B Ken Caminiti (1996)

A three-time All-Star and the NL MVP in 1996, Caminiti became the first – and only – Padre to hit a homer in a Midsummer Classic with a solo shot off the Rangers’ Roger Pavlik in the sixth inning at Veterans Stadium. The blast extended the NL’s lead to 5-0 in a game they went on to win 6-0. (Note: Gary Sheffield had already been traded to Marlins when he homered in 1993.)

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OF Dave Winfield (1977)

Playing in the first of 12 All-Star Games in a Hall of Fame career, Winfield doubled in his first at-bat off the bench and added a two-run single in the eighth inning to open an 7-3 on the American League. The two runs proved to be the game-winners when the AL rallied in the bottom of the ninth at Yankee Stadium.

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RHP Rich Gossage (1984)

The Padres’ new closer that year, Goose shut the door in the ninth of the NL’s 3-1 win over the AL at Candlestick Park, striking out Eddie Murphy to start the inning and Rickey Henderson to end the game after Dave Winfield’s two-out double.

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LHP Randy Jones (1976)

The NL Cy Young winner that year, Jones’ stellar campaign included the first victory recorded by a Padres’ pitcher in an All-Star Game. Jones struck out one and allowed two hits and a walk over three shutout innings, picking up the win as the NL beat the AL, 7-1, at Veterans Stadium.

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OF Tony Gwynn (1994)

A 15-time All-Star, Gwynn turned in his best performance at Three Rivers Stadium, going 2-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored in the NL’s 8-7 win in extra innings. Gwynn’s two-run double helped the NL take a 4-1 lead in the third inning and he singled and scored the winning run in the 10th inning on Moises Alou’s walk-off double.

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RHP LaMarr Hoyt (1985)

Hoyt made the most of his lone All-Star campaign, allowing just an unearned run on two hits and no walks over three innings of the NL’s 6-1 win over the AL at the Metrodome. For his efforts, Hoyt was named the game’s MVP.